Schools Guide 2015

Hanford

This place makes us want to be schoolgirls again. Here home is a Jacobean house, with Welsh blankets on the beds, and the ultimate treat is the surprise reveille if it's your turn to go for a morning ride. Ponies are a big thing. The stables are run by Miss Canning (daughter of the founder). She is in her 80s and also teaches Latin. New head Rory Johnston comes from Horris Hill, and will look after the horses, dogs and chickens but, above all, the delightful girls. Amid all the play, pupils are top at music, slay bigger rivals on the sports field and get into the prestigious SW boarding
schools (scholarships to Marlborough and Sherborne Girls last year). It's a beautiful part of Dorset, and Hanford is like an endless house party with some lessons thrown in. Pure Enid Blyton.